Perf A questions asked at interview

[Superpilot]

Could we use this thread to get a list of Perf A type questions that like getting asked at airline interviews? :)

[TimLay007]

What is TODR ? (distance from brake release to 35ft... and not V2...) 15ft for wet
What is TORR? (dist from BR to point equidistant between Vlof and 35ft)
Factors on TODR and TORR (1.15x TORR N engine)

VMCG, what does it mean ? what parameter affects Vmcg?
What is V1.
What's happen with TODR and ASDR if V1 is increased or decreased ?
Must know all the factor affecting V1 calculation (wind, slope, mass, flaps, wet rwy)
What is VMBE

What is VMCA
VR must be higher or equal ? 1.05xVMVA
What is the critical engine on a twin jet aircraft ? ;-)

V2 ? "yes this is the tkof safety speed"! but why my V2 is different every day ?
What is THE factor affecting V2 ?
V2 vs VR , factor ? same for V2 vs VMCA

What is a balanced field ?
What is a balanced V1 ? ( when ASDR N = TODR N-1). Why using such a V1...
Determine a cross wind component, eg rwy 18 wind 230/30 ? (the gift one)

Effect on highest flaps setting on take off (field length and climb)

What are the segments of the take off flight path and what are there characteristics ?
(a good one).... (know the start and end point of a segment, climb gradient for each segment, Thrust, Config...)

Obstacle clearance on take off flight path ?

LDR and factor for dry + wet runway

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

By all means have a list of questions...

When interviewing, I'm too often disappointed at the results, so anything that improves the general awareness of the wannabe community is laudable. When I say wannabe, I'm talking about unemployed, experienced, jet captains, as much as 200 hour zero-to-heros.

But don't make the mistake of thinking that learning a rote question and answer will get you through an interview. I might ask questions, but what I'm doing is testing knowledge...

I will stake my life on getting to the bottom of the candidates fund of knowledge, and spotting a bull**itter at a range that would challlenge a marksman. Other recruiters I know, from national carriers to flying schools, think likewise.

So, if you want to post lists of questions, then do.

But make sure you spend ten times as long learning the topic and understanding it as you do browsing the nonsense in this forum.

If you do, you'll truly be in the wise minority.

[Superpilot]

Thanks for the responses guys. Keep it up.

[JB007]

Kerling-Approsh KG Well said!

Superpilot - why don't you just learn it!!!??? Just a thought....

[Superpilot]

I'm not being lazy here. In fact I have all the Perf A material in front of me and am trying to go through it all after a 3 year gap. I was and still am simply trying to gauge which areas of Performance are most frequently quizzed on at interviews.

[windypops]

I actually thought the idea of asking for ideas/experiences of the types of questions one might be asked at interview is good research. An immediate assumption that SuperPilot was looking for an easy way out is pretty rude.

Personally I find it extremely useful to read through material and then try and think of questions which may be asked as it then gets you back into the books. Even now as a crew we will quiz one another on stuff, and when we don't know the answer we get the books out (sometimes in the cruise). I love getting asked an obscure question and then hunting for the answer.

So if SuperPilot is indeed asking here with the right intent, then Perf A questions posed here will get him into his books which will hopefully result in a better understanding of the subject.

SuperPilot, I would like to add the following to your list, be able to draw a Perf A Take Off Flight Path noting when each segment begins and ends etc. You may be asked to discuss the subject in interview, and if it doesn't come up you'll need it for type rating training, and then for every departure you'll do.

[kuryus]

Good answer windypops. :D
It is this kind of answers we need in the forum.

I also believe that as long as we take a little time once in a while to ask some questions and find some answers about the subject the stuff will be always in your head when you need it.

[FlyingApe]

So which is the critical engine on a twin jet ? ;)

[mutt]

Answer 1...... neither engine...
Answer 2...... depends on the wind.

So which one is correct?

Mutt

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

By definition, neither. The asymmetry in the efflux is negligible.

[mutt]

efflux I presume that you are talking about the Jet Blast.... if so, your answer is wrong :)

Mutt

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

Mutt, I didn't say jet blast, and I didn't mean jet blast, and my answer is right... Right?

[bingofuel]

Answer 1...... neither engine...
Answer 2...... depends on the wind.

So which one is correct?
Not strictly critical engine, but are you thinking of Vmcg with a crosswind, (which if I remember correctly, is not considered , when calculating Vmcg) and the effect of the upwind v's downwind engine and the resulting directional stability ?